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that is with the obama administration says. there numbers shows in order for this lot to really work and be sustainable in need about two half-million young and relatively healthy people to sign up for exchanges in thee3 first year. the reason they need that is because these same people, by paying more and by not using very much of care will balance out the premiums and create a broader risk pool that will -- john: cover the people like me who are much more likely to get sick and whose costs would be much higher. i get a break. and the and people pay more. >> and is his campaign style marketing. in fact met the obama administration has thought about this in the exact same way that they thought about the presidential political campaigns in which obama was actually quite successful in turning out young people to vote. this time -- john: well you are on that, let's point out that he hired these private consultants brilliant that use the internet, but when it came to a sitting at the obamacare website he used government contractors
that is with the obama administration says. there numbers shows in order for this lot to really work and be sustainable in need about two half-million young and relatively healthy people to sign up for exchanges in thee3 first year. the reason they need that is because these same people, by paying more and by not using very much of care will balance out the premiums and create a broader risk pool that will -- john: cover the people like me who are much more likely to get sick and whose costs...
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everyone who understood the lot knew that was not always going to happen and specifically the obama administration regulations written for their grandfather plans that might have been allowed to keep going, they wrote regulations summarily in tightly that no one could ever meet the tests. they did this on purpose. they wanted the plan to close to force millions of people out of there are insurance and to populate the new obamacare exchanges. it was not an accident. this was intentional. gerri: it was intentional. do you believe that? i have the sense that the administration is totally on the sixes and sevens. apparently there were not told that the laws i was ready to go public. now you're in telling me that this was all intentional. >> if these changes are going to work and you're going to have the insurance pools working began in healthy people to sign up which means you cannot have them outside of the system by affordable catastrophic coverage it does not have all of these comprehensive benefits mandated by obamacare. you need any effect to get rid of those policies which is what the law and th
everyone who understood the lot knew that was not always going to happen and specifically the obama administration regulations written for their grandfather plans that might have been allowed to keep going, they wrote regulations summarily in tightly that no one could ever meet the tests. they did this on purpose. they wanted the plan to close to force millions of people out of there are insurance and to populate the new obamacare exchanges. it was not an accident. this was intentional. gerri:...
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the obama administration finally admitting that the president was wrong to claim that americans could keep their health care insurance if they so as to define obamacare. there admission comes as the white house is faced with
the obama administration finally admitting that the president was wrong to claim that americans could keep their health care insurance if they so as to define obamacare. there admission comes as the white house is faced with
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the obama administration does not have such a strategy. in fact among vice president biden was on the hill, as you know, yesterday trying to talk congress into reducing sanctions against. the reality in washington is quite different from what you see as the panacea. >> there is no panacea, but you cannot win a zero war unless you have a strategy. i am all in favor of drones. but it is a weapon, not a strategy. you have to look at your enemies and decide how you strategically can go about the task of defeating them over some amount of time. if you think of these as the fires breaking out and try to put them out to monday need you will never succeed. the bush administration did not have a comprehensive strategy. a war against terrorism. a weapon. it is high time we got very serious about the enemy and thought about how we win this and how they lose it. lou: i am smiling because as you call for a comprehensive strategy against al qaeda in the united states in the middle east, we have had two presidents now in session he will not even name the
the obama administration does not have such a strategy. in fact among vice president biden was on the hill, as you know, yesterday trying to talk congress into reducing sanctions against. the reality in washington is quite different from what you see as the panacea. >> there is no panacea, but you cannot win a zero war unless you have a strategy. i am all in favor of drones. but it is a weapon, not a strategy. you have to look at your enemies and decide how you strategically can go about...
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a team of computer experts is being brought in to help the obama administration determine whether there is of fakes, the health care website. they are learning the government dozens of their top computer engineers copra hours, and site developers. secretary sebelius has promised a new option only functioning system by the end of november. joining us now, senator john barrasso of wyoming, republican policy committee chairman and a member of the senate foreign relations committee for. he also spent 24 years as an orthopedic surgeon. great to have you with this. he declared sebelius to be the laughingstock of the nation. what does that make the president? >> well, when saturday night live calls attention to the failure of the website lost credibility. he is trying to convince, and ties all of these and people. lou: we're also of the state exchanges are working. what do we do now. rodrigo? we have a president in boston yesterday basically trying to rationalize the more than three years of lying about the fact that we could keep your plan, rationalizing, explaining, and point of fact and kno
a team of computer experts is being brought in to help the obama administration determine whether there is of fakes, the health care website. they are learning the government dozens of their top computer engineers copra hours, and site developers. secretary sebelius has promised a new option only functioning system by the end of november. joining us now, senator john barrasso of wyoming, republican policy committee chairman and a member of the senate foreign relations committee for. he also...
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. >> the obama administration is conceding that some people will have to pay more double-digit increases. john: this halloween politicians give us something we should be scared of, obamacare. >> that product is working. it is really good. john: that is our show tonight. ♪
. >> the obama administration is conceding that some people will have to pay more double-digit increases. john: this halloween politicians give us something we should be scared of, obamacare. >> that product is working. it is really good. john: that is our show tonight. ♪
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the obama administration finally admitting that the president was wrong to claim that americans could keep their health care insurance if they so as to define obamacare. there admission comes as the white house is faced with evidence that hundreds of thousands of americans, perhaps millions will be receiving cancellation notices for their current insurance for not meeting obamacare requirements. first it was the president's former top adviser david axelrod to admitted not everyone will be able to keep their current insurance because of obamacare. then the president's spokesman, jay carney, acknowledged what he refused to admit for years. fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry asked the question that produced the carney admission. that is at the white house tonight with our report. >> after years of president obama palin if you already have health insurance you did your plan no matter what. spokesman jay carney ignores that promises not being kept. >> the dummy the matter of standards. >> the admission came just hours after the president's longtime adviser david axelrod ackn
the obama administration finally admitting that the president was wrong to claim that americans could keep their health care insurance if they so as to define obamacare. there admission comes as the white house is faced with evidence that hundreds of thousands of americans, perhaps millions will be receiving cancellation notices for their current insurance for not meeting obamacare requirements. first it was the president's former top adviser david axelrod to admitted not everyone will be able...
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and, of course, billion dollar contract from the obama administration. national review columnist with the exclusive details next. ♪ ♪ lou: on capitol hill today lawmakers took aim at the latest example of over the top agency conferences. in the spotlight now, the department of veterans affairs, the wasteful spending they're proving this is no longer an administration but a national lampoon misadventure in governance. lou: first we found that the general services administration spent 900,000 taxpayer dollars to draw a lavish las vegas conference. those were the good old days, weren't they? then we learned the irs racked up a $50 million bill for their conferences. nothing helps explain tax lot better than star track and gilligan's island. now the department of veterans affairs is embroiled in its own scandal. more than $6 billion on two conferences in orlando and 2011. and, of course, they had to produce a video featuring veterans affairs employees dancing. while the irs prefers that shuffle, folks at the viejo like sister sledge. lawmakers are not ha
and, of course, billion dollar contract from the obama administration. national review columnist with the exclusive details next. ♪ ♪ lou: on capitol hill today lawmakers took aim at the latest example of over the top agency conferences. in the spotlight now, the department of veterans affairs, the wasteful spending they're proving this is no longer an administration but a national lampoon misadventure in governance. lou: first we found that the general services administration spent 900,000...
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hhs secretary kathleen sebelius and the obama administration continued to sell obamacare. numbers are released showing dismal enrollment figures. hours later the secretary ys in memphis at an enrollment center refusing to say whether the numbers are accurate. only that the administration has yet to establish an enormous number because the problems of this -- problems with the system >> i don't know what members were gathered and where they came from. federal and roman or state enrollment. we will be giving comprehensive figures about nationwide enrollment into is in the federal marketplace, who is that the state level once a month. we will give people reliable and permission and that then be able to count on it. >> reporter: secretary kathleen sebelius says the administration will first release those numbers by the end of the month. gerri: a federal appeals court striking down the birth control mandate in obamacare. what other ramifications? >> it upheld that challenge requiring employer-sponsored plans to provide birth control. a decision. the supreme court will ultimatel
hhs secretary kathleen sebelius and the obama administration continued to sell obamacare. numbers are released showing dismal enrollment figures. hours later the secretary ys in memphis at an enrollment center refusing to say whether the numbers are accurate. only that the administration has yet to establish an enormous number because the problems of this -- problems with the system >> i don't know what members were gathered and where they came from. federal and roman or state enrollment....
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administration than 2010, they stumbled into something. what occurred with healthcare.gov site was so late in the election it may pull cuccinelli one a couple of points, not get him over the top. he was down, but now back to single digits, what it is going to do is cause people to take a step back, say i thought it was a good idea but now, it is not helpful, it is hurting those people it was meant to help. you will see it have a greater impact on people that are traditionally swing voters. suburban women, younger voters, single, they wil will take a lot big government coming in 2014. neil: we'll watch, thank you. now we have chris stirewalt. this is what everyone is watching. that does this have legs? does this concern about health care law, and how sloppy it is. and how maybe devious it is. what do you think? >> this election, these two elections in new jersey and virginia are important, it is the start of the midterm cycle, 2014 does start tomorrow. we'll be sifting through grand lar -- grand ular data and exit polls to see what the tren
administration than 2010, they stumbled into something. what occurred with healthcare.gov site was so late in the election it may pull cuccinelli one a couple of points, not get him over the top. he was down, but now back to single digits, what it is going to do is cause people to take a step back, say i thought it was a good idea but now, it is not helpful, it is hurting those people it was meant to help. you will see it have a greater impact on people that are traditionally swing voters....
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now in the middle of the internet age the obama administration should be able to tell us every day how many people setting out. one of the buying. gerri: the problems with the website. she's in a city saying we can't tell you, we don't know, don't have the information. >> if they don't know it is worse than i think. the important thing is the website is not the biggest problem. the biggest problem is going to be the canceled premiums, millions of americans who will find on january 1 that the premiums that the president said they could keep are being canceled because they are not legal under obamacare. businesses will be finding that the costs are so high they will drop all lot of their coverage and employees are going medicaid, and businesses are also struggling because of the 30-hour workweek requirement. they will have to cut pay by putting employees on 30-hour work weeks to avoid the obamacare requirement. gerri: what do you mean these premiums are not legal? >> under obamacare only sound insurance policies are legal. you may have an insurance policy with a high deductible that you
now in the middle of the internet age the obama administration should be able to tell us every day how many people setting out. one of the buying. gerri: the problems with the website. she's in a city saying we can't tell you, we don't know, don't have the information. >> if they don't know it is worse than i think. the important thing is the website is not the biggest problem. the biggest problem is going to be the canceled premiums, millions of americans who will find on january 1 that...
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>> listen, i think rich has the notion that the administration's sin is just the increase in the number of recipients. i think there's a much bigger sin which is the weakening of the work requirement. do not cut benefits. there are genuinely needy pa families. an able bodied adult, work 27 hour as month to earn the benefits. really enforce that. find government jobs doing things like cleaning up parks for people who don't have other employment and make them earn their benefits. >> mike, should there be that work requirement there? >> i don't think, dade, the government should be in the food stamp business at all. primarily because it's tremendously inefficient. over ten cents of every dollar of the food stamp budget goes to paying bureaucrats. it doesn't work. look, the cost, when you adjust for inflation and population, since this was started in the '30s, has risen over 600%. >> wow. >> that's ridiculous. you're much better offhanding out block grants in local communities or states than y are running things through this great bureaucracy called the federal government. >> rich, once aga
>> listen, i think rich has the notion that the administration's sin is just the increase in the number of recipients. i think there's a much bigger sin which is the weakening of the work requirement. do not cut benefits. there are genuinely needy pa families. an able bodied adult, work 27 hour as month to earn the benefits. really enforce that. find government jobs doing things like cleaning up parks for people who don't have other employment and make them earn their benefits. >>...
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administration to do this program correctly. but what i don't hear from anyone is that now we know the president obama is a lame duck. and the fact of the matter is. neil: it worries me. >> it worries me as well about mr. bill de blasio and first of all, i would run organizations before he went. there's a huge article from "the new york times" today, thing that i'm going to delegate and this is not what you need in the city of new york. when i worked and lived here, these were hands-on type of guys they were not micromanagers by any stretch of imagination and the imagination and they hire the best people that they could then have multiple ideas that were going on, making sure not just on crime, but making government run more efficiently and how to deal with the $2 billion budget gap by david dinkins. all of those things were going on at the same time and my opponent has absolutely no experience, nor does the president. neil: that's just like the media. >> my opponent did everything he could to win and i understand that's the nat
administration to do this program correctly. but what i don't hear from anyone is that now we know the president obama is a lame duck. and the fact of the matter is. neil: it worries me. >> it worries me as well about mr. bill de blasio and first of all, i would run organizations before he went. there's a huge article from "the new york times" today, thing that i'm going to delegate and this is not what you need in the city of new york. when i worked and lived here, these were...
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but i think the best part about any news like this, the obama administration wants to intimidate whistle blowers. the more edward snowden can have a normalized and free life, the more it will let other whistle blowers come forward. >> again, if you ever want that platform, cash in is waiting, ready, willing and able to hear what you're ready to break. >> thanks, eric. >>> coming up, how the health care website being temporarily down can lift america back up for good. i'll explain. as a business owner, i'm constantly putting out fires. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cascard from capital one, i get 2% cash back on ery purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally soone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every d. what's in your wallet? i need your timesheets, larry! what's in your wallet? help the gulf when we made recover and learn the gulf, bp from what happened so we could be a
but i think the best part about any news like this, the obama administration wants to intimidate whistle blowers. the more edward snowden can have a normalized and free life, the more it will let other whistle blowers come forward. >> again, if you ever want that platform, cash in is waiting, ready, willing and able to hear what you're ready to break. >> thanks, eric. >>> coming up, how the health care website being temporarily down can lift america back up for good. i'll...
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administration knew for years that the grandfathering regulation that we talked about a few moments ago would wipe out existing health insurance plans and here is a quote that i am reading that after some period of time, most plans will relinquish their grandfathered status since plans rarely stay the same. >> it is something that he touched on briefly. dagen: this is the excuse of the administration officials, have you heard kathleen sebelius to the fallen back on how these plans were grandfathered in. >> they claim there's a grandfather and the law, they also have power to make that smaller and smaller over time. that is what they have done. you can go back to hhs analysis and 2010 saying exactly what we have been talking about. that is a part of the individual market and a lot of those plans are going to be made illegal by those laws. >> okay, so it's not really a decision is illegal for them to go back to the conversation we're having a few minutes ago. because they can save the insurance companies fall. i guess they could say that we are going to upgrade these plans so they are
administration knew for years that the grandfathering regulation that we talked about a few moments ago would wipe out existing health insurance plans and here is a quote that i am reading that after some period of time, most plans will relinquish their grandfathered status since plans rarely stay the same. >> it is something that he touched on briefly. dagen: this is the excuse of the administration officials, have you heard kathleen sebelius to the fallen back on how these plans were...
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>> so the obama administration has given itself 26 days to get the federal website fixed and running smoothly. and in the meantime, they say they are now going to be taking healthcare.gov down between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. it started over the weekend. they'll be doing it now on a daily basis. while it will be another week before we get official enrollment data from the obama administration, some interesting indicators from a commonwealth fund survey. fewer than 1 in 5 merndz who could be eligible under obama care said they visited healthcare.gov. while 60% of those polled know about the online marketplaces, only slightly more than half are actually aware of the availability of subsidies. of those who visited the exchanges, 21% said they had actually enrolled. among early shoppers 1 in 5 is younger than 30. while more than half are between 30 and 49. 73% describe themselves as being in good or excellent health. while 1 in 4 say they're in fair to poor health. now, tomorrow marilyn tavenner will be back on the hill testifying. that hearing gets under way at 10 a.m. on wednesday kathleen se
>> so the obama administration has given itself 26 days to get the federal website fixed and running smoothly. and in the meantime, they say they are now going to be taking healthcare.gov down between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. it started over the weekend. they'll be doing it now on a daily basis. while it will be another week before we get official enrollment data from the obama administration, some interesting indicators from a commonwealth fund survey. fewer than 1 in 5 merndz who could be...
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>> no one in the entire obama administration has asked you not to release those numbers? >> we have made a group -- we made the decision that we were not releasing the numbers til mid november. >> and you don't know, you have no idea what those numbers are at this point? >> i told you, we would release the numbers in mid november. >> okay. i'll take that as you don't want to answer the question. >> reporter: now, the white house, according to cms, coordinated with hhs to decide they weren't going to negotiate or release those numbers until the middle of next month. also this question as to a grandfathered health insurance plans, whether you can keep your insurance, the sound bites that you played at the beginning of the show, well, cms says that 86% of americans will be able to continue their employer-sponsored health care plans, that that won't change, and they were simply trying to make insurance better for everyone else. but, of course, all the reports now you can't keep your health insurance, especially on the individual markets as those plans aren't necessarily grand
>> no one in the entire obama administration has asked you not to release those numbers? >> we have made a group -- we made the decision that we were not releasing the numbers til mid november. >> and you don't know, you have no idea what those numbers are at this point? >> i told you, we would release the numbers in mid november. >> okay. i'll take that as you don't want to answer the question. >> reporter: now, the white house, according to cms, coordinated...
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administration toivonennintestify, before a hoe committee apologized, then maintained sim is working. -- system is working. the head. the centers for medicare and medicaid services construct what is the very least an alternative universe. >> we have a system that is working, we'll improve the speed of that system. >> excuse me. -- >> yes. >> you are saying the system right now is working? >> i'm saying it is working, it is just not working at the speed we want and the success rate wement. those are the things we're working on. lou: congressman trey goudie, member of house oversight, he chairs the subcommittee, great to have you with us. let's start with we may obamacare. this president lied, his administration lied, and persisted over a period of more than 3 years, in maintaining the fiction that people could keep their insurance plans. if they chose. your reaction? >> well, i heard from my fellow citizens but there were a lot of voices warning. it was not true or a lie, or whatever you want to use. your premiums will be higher, and coverage is going to be worse. you would think at a
administration toivonennintestify, before a hoe committee apologized, then maintained sim is working. -- system is working. the head. the centers for medicare and medicaid services construct what is the very least an alternative universe. >> we have a system that is working, we'll improve the speed of that system. >> excuse me. -- >> yes. >> you are saying the system right now is working? >> i'm saying it is working, it is just not working at the speed we want and...
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reporting on obama care, allegations administration is trying to sal silence doubts about the rollout and edward snowden's latest bombshell. they listened in on friendly global leaders and american's top spy said there is nothing new. i'll talk to glenn greenwald, what he says. >>> catch a wave and you're sitting on top of the world and catch this wave and you may land in the record books. i'll talk to a surfer on what it is like to hang ten on a 100-foot ocean wave, only here. >>> we begin with big new developments in the obama care story.
reporting on obama care, allegations administration is trying to sal silence doubts about the rollout and edward snowden's latest bombshell. they listened in on friendly global leaders and american's top spy said there is nothing new. i'll talk to glenn greenwald, what he says. >>> catch a wave and you're sitting on top of the world and catch this wave and you may land in the record books. i'll talk to a surfer on what it is like to hang ten on a 100-foot ocean wave, only here....
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on the same day that nbc news reports the obama administration did know four years that millions would be dropped by their existing plans. people like michael from st. louis who told this to our bertha coombs. >> i was very surprised. i guess i kept an open mind to obama care and i really didn't think it was going to impact me because i thought i had a really very full, complete plan, that was not a -- what some people refer to as a substandard plan. >> cnbc's john harwood now is in washington and john, you know, i've seen the tweets and heard the defense from the white house, which is basically this, obama care is not forcing anybody to do anything the insurance companies are canceling plans, but doesn't the new regulations force the insurance companies to cancel the plans? >> yes. it's not really true to say the obama administration has nothing to do with this, it's about the insurance companies. by design obama care is transforming the individual marketplace. to walk people through it a little bit, the individual marketplace is a relatively small part of the health insurance marketp
on the same day that nbc news reports the obama administration did know four years that millions would be dropped by their existing plans. people like michael from st. louis who told this to our bertha coombs. >> i was very surprised. i guess i kept an open mind to obama care and i really didn't think it was going to impact me because i thought i had a really very full, complete plan, that was not a -- what some people refer to as a substandard plan. >> cnbc's john harwood now is in...
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it's meant to be the portal to the crowning achievement of president obama's administration and the affordable care ath are act. i don't know if it's kathleen sebelius is totally at fault. she told congress to, quote, hold me accountable and how come you can't fall on your sword and quit this red-hot minute. even michael brown knew to resign from fema after he bofrped the federal government's handling of the katrina tragedy. we don't know if brownie really resign offed his own accord or was pushed out by president obama, but at least he vanished and that's not a bad idea for sebelius to mull over or act on it. i don't know if cgi group that powered the website knew what it was doing when it set up this ridiculous excuse for an interface between the government and its people. they want to blame verizon for a big portion of the failure. sebelius was implying that verizon's hosting abilities were less than stellar. verizon was thrown right under the bus. well done. i can can tell you how i would have understand thatteled this task and made the president proud. instead of giving the republicans al
it's meant to be the portal to the crowning achievement of president obama's administration and the affordable care ath are act. i don't know if it's kathleen sebelius is totally at fault. she told congress to, quote, hold me accountable and how come you can't fall on your sword and quit this red-hot minute. even michael brown knew to resign from fema after he bofrped the federal government's handling of the katrina tragedy. we don't know if brownie really resign offed his own accord or was...
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. >>> also the obama administration is bringing in some of silicon valley's brightest names to try to fix the troubled health.gov website but maybe of little help to small business owners. a brand new blockbuster survey on how obamacare is affecting them a little later on. ♪ so i can reach ally bank 24/7, but there are no branches? 24/7. i'm sorry, i'm just really reluctant to try new things. really? what's wrong with trying new things? look! mommy's new vacuum! (cat screech) you feel that in your muscles? i do... drink water. it's a long story. well, not having branches let's us give you great rates and service. i'd like that. a new way to bank. a better way to save. ally bank. your money needs an ally. help the gulf when we made recover and learn the gulf, bp from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, whe experts watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we'v
. >>> also the obama administration is bringing in some of silicon valley's brightest names to try to fix the troubled health.gov website but maybe of little help to small business owners. a brand new blockbuster survey on how obamacare is affecting them a little later on. ♪ so i can reach ally bank 24/7, but there are no branches? 24/7. i'm sorry, i'm just really reluctant to try new things. really? what's wrong with trying new things? look! mommy's new vacuum! (cat screech) you...
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the obama administration needs to open itself up and figure out how we can get some sort of bipartisan movement moving forward. we sit in a room, we figure out what's good, what's bad, how do we fix it. the problem is in washington, they talk past each other and can't seem to get anything done and it doesn't seem to make any sense. >> we start with what is the law of the land. the governor doesn't think it's going to work, but now, this is the plan and it's not working when it comes to limitation. how disappointed are you with this rollout where you think you have a good story to tell because you set up your own exchange? >> at 12:01 a.m. when our exchange opened up to enrollment, kentucky started swarming all over our exchange, all over our toll free lines, and in about four weeks, we've had over 300,000 kentucky yaian trying to sign up for obama care -- >> mostly medicaid, though. it's not young people getting the insurance plans to really make this system work, correct? >> of the 26,000, 21,000 are in medicaid, 5,000 are in qualified health plans, but we've got another 10,000 going
the obama administration needs to open itself up and figure out how we can get some sort of bipartisan movement moving forward. we sit in a room, we figure out what's good, what's bad, how do we fix it. the problem is in washington, they talk past each other and can't seem to get anything done and it doesn't seem to make any sense. >> we start with what is the law of the land. the governor doesn't think it's going to work, but now, this is the plan and it's not working when it comes to...
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but nbc news is reporting the obama administration knew for several years the majority of people who buy their own health coverage wouldn't be able to keep this happen their policies under obama care. nbc says those forced to buy new insurance may experience sticker shock from higher premiums. when the law was passed in march of 2010, it was supposed to grant grandfather in existing policies, even if they didn't comply with the rules. but that same year, the department of health and human services rewrote some regulations essentially getting rid of the grandfather exemption. now, the white house isn't disputing the report, but tells nbc most individual policyholders should receive better health coverage that's more affordable thanks to government subsidies. the administration says no policy will be canceled due to pre-existing medical conditions. now, congress will get the chance today to grill the top administration official closest to the rollout of the troubled obama care website. medicare chief marilyn tavenner will testify before the house ways and means committee about wa went
but nbc news is reporting the obama administration knew for several years the majority of people who buy their own health coverage wouldn't be able to keep this happen their policies under obama care. nbc says those forced to buy new insurance may experience sticker shock from higher premiums. when the law was passed in march of 2010, it was supposed to grant grandfather in existing policies, even if they didn't comply with the rules. but that same year, the department of health and human...
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the obama administration has just authorized the release of more details about the american government's collection of telephone data. the director of national intelligence, james clapper just said this in a statement. their declassification is not done lightly. i have determined, however, that the harm to national security from the release of these documents is outweighed by the public interest. now clapper and other officials are all going to be testifying in detail about this program on capitol hill tomorrow. the white house, though, so far has begged ignorance. but what exactly is the president's role? here's what we know. now hear me out here. a u.s. official tells cnn tonight that president obama was briefed on u.s. spying program, including the one that targeted world leaders when he took over the white house from president george w. bush. the official also tells cnn the president would have been told which specific countries were being targeted in those briefings. but then, a senior administration official still insists to cnn that president obama didn't learn until recently. so
the obama administration has just authorized the release of more details about the american government's collection of telephone data. the director of national intelligence, james clapper just said this in a statement. their declassification is not done lightly. i have determined, however, that the harm to national security from the release of these documents is outweighed by the public interest. now clapper and other officials are all going to be testifying in detail about this program on...
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the obama administration has just authorized the release of more details about the american government's collection of telephone data. the director of national intelligence, james clapper just said this in a statement. their declassification is not done lightly. i have determined, however, that the harm to national security from the release of these documents is outweighed by the public interest. now clapper and other officials are all going to be testifying in detail about this program on capitol hill tomorrow. the white house, though, so far has begged ignorance. but what exactly is the president's role? here's what we know. now hear me out here. a u.s. official tells cnn tonight that president obama was briefed on u.s. spying program, including the one that targeted world leaders when he took over the white house from president george w. bush. the official also tells cnn the president would have been told which specific countries were being targeted in those briefings. but then, a senior administration official still insists to cnn that president obama didn't learn until recently. so
the obama administration has just authorized the release of more details about the american government's collection of telephone data. the director of national intelligence, james clapper just said this in a statement. their declassification is not done lightly. i have determined, however, that the harm to national security from the release of these documents is outweighed by the public interest. now clapper and other officials are all going to be testifying in detail about this program on...
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and, of course, a billion-dollar contract from the obama administration. "national review" columnist jillian k. melcher with the exclusive details next. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. >>> on capitol hill today, lawmakers took aim at the latest example of over-the-top agency conferences. in the spotlight now, the department of veterans affairs. the wasteful spending there proving this is no longer an administration, it's a national lampoon misadventure in governance. >> reporter: first we found out the general services administration spent 900,000 taxpayer dollars to throw a lavish las vegas conference. those were the good old days, weren't they, jeff neely? then we learned the irs racked up a $50 million bill for their conferences because nothing helps explain tax fraud better than "star trek" and "gilligan's island." now the department
and, of course, a billion-dollar contract from the obama administration. "national review" columnist jillian k. melcher with the exclusive details next. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. >>> on capitol hill today, lawmakers took aim at the latest example of...
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not only the spying issue but now the glitches on obama care and healthcare.gov, you know, repeatedly we keep hearing the president didn't know, didn't know ahead of time. you know, we have been led to believe early in his administration that he was a very hands-on kind of guy. >> yeah, that's a very good question. obviously, the president coming off a big win in terms of the government shutdown. he got a good political bounce out of that. we have a new nbc poll coming out later today -- this evening, in fact, and we might be able to get more answers to that very question later tonight. we'll see if there's been any political damage inflict on the president by this botched rollout, by the spying allegations. you're right. when the white house is reduced to explaining that the president simply had no idea this stuff was going on, it's just not a good position for a white house to be in. they've been on the defensive this week. they said they've expressed support for general alexander earlier in the week. expressed support for kathleen sebelius today. when you're expressing confidence i
not only the spying issue but now the glitches on obama care and healthcare.gov, you know, repeatedly we keep hearing the president didn't know, didn't know ahead of time. you know, we have been led to believe early in his administration that he was a very hands-on kind of guy. >> yeah, that's a very good question. obviously, the president coming off a big win in terms of the government shutdown. he got a good political bounce out of that. we have a new nbc poll coming out later today --...
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and the obama administration took the capital market stabilization programs and made them work. now, what hasn't been done -- and today we have financial markets that -- modern financial markets that are the best in the world, broadest, deepest, most efficient capital markets in the world. the banks are safer. they're better capitalized, better regulated. >> leverage is down. >> leverage is down. all of those kinds of things. now, what hasn't been done -- very importantly we haven't corrected many of the flawed government policies that got us where we are. you know, this was all about housing. and we overstimulated residential housing for many, many years through, i think, a flawed set of policy initiatives that were all designed for a good purpose, to promote homeownership, but had you too much of that. and fannie and freddie were at the vortex of the crisis. as important as anything we did during the crisis to stabilize the markets and to prevent it from getting much worse, was stepping in and putting fannie and freddie into queconservato p conservatorship. but that was a time
and the obama administration took the capital market stabilization programs and made them work. now, what hasn't been done -- and today we have financial markets that -- modern financial markets that are the best in the world, broadest, deepest, most efficient capital markets in the world. the banks are safer. they're better capitalized, better regulated. >> leverage is down. >> leverage is down. all of those kinds of things. now, what hasn't been done -- very importantly we haven't...
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the dramatic story coming up. >>> the obama care administration rethinking its approach to the nsa spying scandal. the president ordering a full review of intelligence operations, specifically where foreign leaders are concerned. let's bring in jim sciutto who's following developments live in washington. >> reporter: the white house taking a hard look at the benefits and costs of this surveillance. this is part of a review that
the dramatic story coming up. >>> the obama care administration rethinking its approach to the nsa spying scandal. the president ordering a full review of intelligence operations, specifically where foreign leaders are concerned. let's bring in jim sciutto who's following developments live in washington. >> reporter: the white house taking a hard look at the benefits and costs of this surveillance. this is part of a review that
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cgi, the contractor developing the site may have warned the obama administration that it would not be ready tro go live on october 1st. we know the administration says it needs until the end of november to fix the technical glitches. that's two months after it launched. to comment the penalty for not enrolling under the new law is effectively waved for six weeks. the new deadline will be march 31st. if you are one of the estimated 15 million americans who buy your own insurance, you are not employed through an employer or insured through an employer, you have to sign up for coverage by the deadline or face a penalty. you can do that through your insurer or go to the government changes, assuming healthcare.gov works one day. >> 8.5 million of 15 million could qualify for a subsidy. the affordable part of the affordable care act may be a misnomer for 6.5 millions that didn't qualify. we talk to a couple in carolina whose old policy is no longer available. >> gregs and his wife got an unpresent surprise - health premiums are doubling. they pay $629 to cover themselves and daughter sophie
cgi, the contractor developing the site may have warned the obama administration that it would not be ready tro go live on october 1st. we know the administration says it needs until the end of november to fix the technical glitches. that's two months after it launched. to comment the penalty for not enrolling under the new law is effectively waved for six weeks. the new deadline will be march 31st. if you are one of the estimated 15 million americans who buy your own insurance, you are not...
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documents say that the obama administration was warned about the obama care website weeks before the roll out. i save time, money,st, and i avoid frustration. you'll find reviews on home repair to healthcare, written by people just like you. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. i started part-time, now i'm a manager.n. my employer matches my charitable giving. really. i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. healthcare starting under $40 a month. i got education benefits. i work at walmart. i'm a pharmacist. sales associate. i manage produce. i work in logistics. there's more to walmart than you think. vo: opportunity. that's the real walmart. >>> all right. our situation room special report, obama care under fire. that stops right at the top of the hour. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know
documents say that the obama administration was warned about the obama care website weeks before the roll out. i save time, money,st, and i avoid frustration. you'll find reviews on home repair to healthcare, written by people just like you. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. i started part-time, now i'm a manager.n. my employer matches my charitable giving. really. i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over 400...
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the obama administration sees this one as a big win this week. remember that fiscal cliff deal that we had at the end of last year's crisis in washington? what they did was, they raised taxes, and they cut spending through the sequester. and that's had a fairly predictable result. it's been good for the deficit. take a look at this chart, and you'll see the deficit as a percent of gdp has gone down dramatically since 2009 when it was 9.2%. 2013, just 4.1%. 79% of the decrease the government says it due to tax receipts. record tax receipts in 2013, up $325 billion from 2012. that's up 13%. so the tax man is getting his cut of this improving economy and also as a result of those tax increases. that has led to this lowering of the u.s. deficit. that's something the obama administration says is a good thing. they feel like, you know, it's not getting enough attention here in all of this hullabaloo here in washington. >> a quick follow-up question if i might that kayla tausche raised. and that is all of the money that the federal government has collec
the obama administration sees this one as a big win this week. remember that fiscal cliff deal that we had at the end of last year's crisis in washington? what they did was, they raised taxes, and they cut spending through the sequester. and that's had a fairly predictable result. it's been good for the deficit. take a look at this chart, and you'll see the deficit as a percent of gdp has gone down dramatically since 2009 when it was 9.2%. 2013, just 4.1%. 79% of the decrease the government...
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it is a much better way that the administration says going forward to gather this kind of information. >> and jim acosta, the white house has to also contend with the disastrous situation of the medical obama care. once again, a major disruption over the weekend. so what can you tell us about this part of the story? >> well, health and human services, their folks are now saying that the data services hub over at teramark, which is a subsidiary of verizon, that provides some of the capabilities, that that data services hub is back up and running again. and they are continuing to work on the larger issues with the obama care website. and that is all the millions of people trying to get in there and file applications and get enrolled for coverage. but meanwhile, wolf, there is an issue on the horizon, people are getting notices letting them know their insurance programs they have now are being cancelled or modified. and in many cases, their rates are going up. people are complaining about this. the white house is responding, saying yes this is going to happen to people because of new req
it is a much better way that the administration says going forward to gather this kind of information. >> and jim acosta, the white house has to also contend with the disastrous situation of the medical obama care. once again, a major disruption over the weekend. so what can you tell us about this part of the story? >> well, health and human services, their folks are now saying that the data services hub over at teramark, which is a subsidiary of verizon, that provides some of the...
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there is another big government program clunker for the obama administration. you remember cash for clunkers? three it was supposed to lower carbon emissions, create jobs, then that is according to a report from the liberal leaning institution brookings. with more on this, president of citizens against government waste. welcome back to the show. you know, this report is funny, but it is coming from brookings. it is highly critical of this program. so many goals and really failed. what did you make of it? >> of brookings says it is bad, it has to be worse than anyone thinks. they hardly ever criticize a thing of the government does. almost one half million jobs created per job created under cash for clunkers. hundreds of thousands. they said don't ever do this again which is about as negative as you can say about any program in the federal government. gerri: what that showed what, which was so great. it is astonishing. is the reason we are interested in this story tonight, the fellow who has started to my task to buy that president was fixing obamacare, the webs
there is another big government program clunker for the obama administration. you remember cash for clunkers? three it was supposed to lower carbon emissions, create jobs, then that is according to a report from the liberal leaning institution brookings. with more on this, president of citizens against government waste. welcome back to the show. you know, this report is funny, but it is coming from brookings. it is highly critical of this program. so many goals and really failed. what did you...
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this week, the public learned that for at least the past three years the obama administration millions ofat americans will not be able to keep their health care plans. but the president has continued to promise repeatedly that if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan, period. tell that's over 300,000 people in florida who have received theellation notices, or nearly one million californians that may see their health care insurance plans disappear. tell that to the tens of thousands of hoosiers in my state that will see similar notices arriving in their mailboxes. this is about more than just a website. it will take more than an infomercial from the president to fix this. the failure of obamacare's launch is just the tip of the iceberg, and unless we act americans will be stuck on board the titanic. this is why republicans are going to keep fighting to protect consumers from the consequences of the health care law. despite all the problems, warning signs, and broken promises, the president and senate democrats have decided to use it with obamacar
this week, the public learned that for at least the past three years the obama administration millions ofat americans will not be able to keep their health care plans. but the president has continued to promise repeatedly that if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan, period. tell that's over 300,000 people in florida who have received theellation notices, or nearly one million californians that may see their health care insurance plans disappear. tell...